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And startups are populated by young people, so the cultural shifts that exist matter. If you have any employees at all between 18 and 30, the current culture is something you need to understand.

And I don't think even big companies like Google do. The backlash against drones and that China SE were telling.

I don't have any answers to those problems, and these sorts of articles are interesting as background to what it all is.

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